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Definition of lament verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

lament

 verb
verb
NAmE//ləˈmɛnt//
 
lament something lament that… + speech (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lament
 
he / she / it laments
 
past simple lamented
 
-ing form lamenting
 
 
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to feel or express great sadness or disappointment about someone or something synonym bemoan, bewail In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside. She sat alone weeping, lamenting her fate.
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